Chakraborty is a surname of

Bengali Hindus Bengali Hindus ( bn, বাঙ্গালী হিন্দু/বাঙালি হিন্দু, translit=Bāṅgālī Hindu/Bāṅāli Hindu) are an ethnoreligious population who make up the majority in the Indian states of West Benga ...

of India and Bangladesh, the surname is used by people of the Bengali

Brahmin Brahmin (; sa, ब्राह्मण, brāhmaṇa) is a varna as well as a caste within Hindu society. The Brahmins are designated as the priestly class as they serve as priests ( purohit, pandit, or pujari) and religious teachers ( ...

community.

Notable persons with this surname

Male

Ajay Chakraborty Ajay Chakraborty (born 8 December 1943) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Basirhat constituency of West Bengal and is a member of the Communist Party of India Communist Party of India (CPI) is the olde ...

(born 1943), Indian politician *

Ajoy Chakrabarty Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty (born 25 December 1952) is an Hindustani classical vocalist, composer, lyricist and an exponent of the Patiala-Kasur gharana. He was given Padma Bhushan Award, the third highest civilian award in India in 2020. Early li ...

(born 1953), Indian singer *

Akinchan Chakrabarty Akinchan Chakrabarty ( bn, অকিঞ্চন চক্রবর্তী; c. 18th century) was a Bengali poet. He wrote three narrative poems: ''Parvatir Sankirtan'' or ''Chandir Nutan Mangal'' (a version of Chandimangalkavya), ''Shitala-Panch ...

(18th century), Bengali poet *

Amal Chakraborty Amal Kanti Chakraborty was the Sheriff of Kolkata for the year 2006. He is a paediatrician in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. As a paediatric surgeon, he heads the department of paediatrics Pediatrics ( also spelled ''paediatrics' ...

, Indian paediatric surgeon *

Ambika Chakrabarty Ambika Chakrabarty (January 1892 – 6 March 1962) was an Indian independence movement activist and revolutionary. Later, he was a leader of the Communist Party of India and a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Revolutionary acti ...

(1892–1962), Indian Bengali independence movement activist and revolutionary * Amiya Chakravarty (1901–1986), literary critic, academic, and Bengali poet * Amiya Chakravarty (1912-1957), Indian film director, screenwriter and producer * Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty (1938 - 2020), Indian microbiologist, party to the U.S. Supreme Court case Diamond v. Chakrabarty *

Animesh Chakravorty Animesh Chakravorty FNA, FASc (born 30 June 1935) is a Bengali Indian inorganic chemist. In 1975, he was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in chemistry by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. ...

(born 1935), Indian chemist * Aravinda Chakravarti (born 1954), Indian geneticist * Arindam Chakrabarti, Indian philosopher working in Hawaii *

Arjun Chakrabarty Arjun Chakrabarty is an Indian television actor mainly working in the Bengali-language television industry based in Kolkata. He came to prominence playing the male protagonist "Gora" in the television serial ''Gaaner Oparey''. and is now known ...

, Indian actor *

Arnab Chakrabarty Arnab Chakrabarty (born 19 September 1980) is a Hindustani classical musician and sarod player based in Toronto, Canada. Early life and education Arnab Chakrabarty grew up in Mumbai, where his father was a professor of chemistry at the Indian In ...

(born 1980), Indian musician and

Sarod The sarod is a stringed instrument, used in Hindustani music on the Indian subcontinent. Along with the sitar, it is among the most popular and prominent instruments. It is known for a deep, weighty, introspective sound, in contrast with the swe ...

player *

Arup Chakraborty Arup K. Chakraborty is an American engineer, focusing in biophysics, computational modeling and infectious disease, currently the Robert T. Haslam Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and formerly the Warren and Katherine Schlinger ...

, American engineer * Bicky Chakraborty (born 1943), Swedish hotel mogul * Bikas K Chakrabarti (born 1952), Indian physicist *

Birendra Narayan Chakraborty Birendra Narayan Chakraborty (also Birendra Narayan Chakravarty) (20 December 1904 – 26 March 1976) was an Indian civil servant, politician and the second governor of Haryana. He attended Kolkata's Scottish Church College, and continued hi ...

(1904–1976), Indian politician *

Bonnie Chakraborty Bonnie Chakraborty is an Indian playback singer. he was the lead vocalist of Kolkata based band Krosswindz until 1998. He has sung many songs in several languages including Hindi, Tamil and Bengali for various films. Career Chakraborty t ...

, Bengali singer *

Byomkes Chakrabarti Byomkes Chakrabarti (also spelled Byomkesh Chakraborty or Byomkesh Chakrabarty) (1923–1981) was a Bengali research worker on ethnic languages. He was also a educationist and a poet. His major contribution to linguistics was in finding out som ...

(1923–1981), Indian linguist * Chiranjeet Chakraborty (born 1960), Indian Bengali film actor *

Dhirendra Kishore Chakravarti Dhirendra Kishore Chakravarti (1902after 1985) was an Indian geologist and palaentologist, who worked at Banaras Hindu University in the Geological Museum (now part of the Institute of Science). In 1934, he was the first Indian to describe a ...

(1902after 1982), Indian geologist and palaeontologist * Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti, Indian archaeologist * Dipesh Chakrabarty (born 1948), Indian historian * Gaurav Chakrabarty (born 1987), Indian actor *

Ghanaram Chakrabarty Ghanaram Chakrabarty ( bn, ঘনরাম চক্রবর্তী; c. 1669–?) was a Bengali poet of the Middle Ages and the greatest contributor to the Dharmamangalkavya tradition of mediaeval Bengali literature. He was greeted by his gur ...

(c. 1669-?), Bengali poet * Haranath Chakraborty (born 1959), Indian Bengali film director * J. D. Chakravarthy (born 1970), Indian film actor and director in Telugu cinema and Bollywood * Janardan Chakravarti (1901-1987), Indian professor of Bengali * K. Chakravarthy (1936–2002), music director in the South Indian film industry * Keshab Chakravarthy (active 1925), Indian revolutionary *

Khelaram Chakrabarty Khelaram Chakrabarty ( bn, খেলারাম চক্রবর্তী; c. 16th century) was a Bengali poet and is considered the one of the earliest poet of Dharmamangalkavya tradition. His poem, ''Gourkavya'', which is now available only i ...

(16th century), Bengali poet * Kshitindra Mohan Chakravarty (1900-1988), Indian chemist, fuel technician and teacher *

Kushal Chakraborty Kushal Chakraborty ( bn, কুশল চক্রবর্তী) (born 21 July 1968) is a Bengali actor and film director. At the age of six, he played the role of Mukul in Satyajit Ray's film ''Sonar Kella'' for which he won National Film Aw ...

(born 1968), Bengali actor and film director * M. C. Chakrabarti (died 1972), Indian statistician * Mahaakshay Chakraborty (born 1984), Indian actor *

Manoj Chakraborty Manoj Chakraborty is an Indian politician and was Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs in the Government of West Bengal. He is also an MLA, elected from the Baharampur constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election A ...

(born 1954), Indian politician * Mithun Chakraborty (born 1950), Indian actor, director and businessman *

Nachiketa Chakraborty Nachiketa Chakraborty, simply known as Nachiketa, is an Indian singer, songwriter, musician, composer and playback singer who is known for his modern Bengali lyrics. He achieved fame in the early 1990s, with the release of his debut album ''Ei Be ...

(born 1965), Indian Bengali singer-songwriter * Nirendranath Chakravarty (1924 - 2018), Bengali poet *

Nripen Chakraborty Nripen Chakraborty (4 April 1905 – 25 December 2004) was an Indian Communist politician who served as the Chief minister of Tripura state from 1978 to 1988. Nripen Chakraborty was involved in the Communist movement in India for six decades ...

(1905–2004), Indian politician * Oliphant Chuckerbutty (1884–1960), English composer and organist of Anglo-Indian descent * Panchanan Chakraborty (1900–1995), Indian revolutionary *

Phani Bhusan Chakravartti Phani Bhushan Chakravartti (1898 – 8 May 1981) was the first Indian cum Bengali permanent Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court and was the acting governor of West Bengal. Career Chakravartti was born in British India in Dhaka. Before joi ...

(1898–1981), first Indian Bengali permanent Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court. *

Pramod Chakravorty Pramod Chakravorty (15 August 1929 – 12 December 2004) was an Indian Hindi film producer and director. Career Chakravorty is best known for directing Hindi film classics like ''Ziddi'', ''Love in Tokyo'', '' Tumse Achcha Kaun Hai'' in romanti ...

(1929–2004), Indian film director and producer * Praveen Chakravarty (born 1973), Indian businessman * Pritam Chakraborty (born 1971), Indian Bengali music director and composer * Pritish Chakraborty Indian film actor, director, writer, producer, singer in Bollywood *

Rahi Chakraborty Rahi Chakraborty ( hi, राही चक्रवर्ती) is an Indian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and music producer. He shot to fame as the 1st runner up in MTV India's music show Mtv Rock On An alumnus of the Film and T ...

(born 1988), Indian singer, songwriter, programmer and guitarist *

Raj Chakraborty Raj Chakraborty (born 21 February 1975) is an Indian film director, actor, producer and politician. He is one of the most commercially successful film-makers in Tollywood. Before directing his debut film, he was busy in Bengali TV. Raj Chakrabo ...

(born 1975), Indian Bengali film director * Rajorshi Chakraborti (born 1977), Indian writer in English * Ranajit Chakraborty, Indian geneticist *

Ritwick Chakraborty Ritwick Chakraborty is an Indian actor who works in Bengali cinema. He made his debut with Pagol Premi in 2007. He plays different roles in different sorts of movies, so he is a versatile actor in Bengali Film Industry. Career Chakraborty wa ...

, Actor *

Rupram Chakrabarty Rupram Chakrabarty ( bn, রূপরাম চক্রবর্তী) (c. 17th century) was a Bengali poet of the Middle Ages and one of the most significant contributor to Dharmamangalkavya tradition of mediaeval Bengali literature. His work, ...

(17th century), Bengali poet *

S. S. Chakravarthy S. S. Chakravarthy (S.Shajahan Chakravarthy) is an Indian film producer in Tamil cinema. He has produced a number of Tamil films through his Production company is NIC Arts. Most of his films had actor Ajith Kumar & Silambarasan in the lead roles. ...

, Indian Tamil film producer *

Sabyasachi Chakrabarty Sabyasachi Chakrabarty is an Indian actor of theatre, films and television. He is best known for portraying iconic Bengali detective characters, Feluda, and Kakababu. Personal life His parents, Jagadish Chandra Chakrabarty and Monica Chakrabar ...

, (born 1956), Indian Bengali TV and film actor *

Saikat Chakrabarti Saikat Chakrabarti (born January 12, 1986) is a political advisor and software engineer. He was formerly chief of staff to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the U.S. representative from New York's 14th congressional district representing portions of The ...

, American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and political activist * Samiran Chandra Chakrabarti Indian Indologist and scholar of onomastics & Vedic studies *

Samrat Chakrabarti Samrat Chakrabarti (born 22 August 1975) is a British-American film actor and musician of Indian descent. Early life Born in London to Indian Hindu Bengali immigrant parents from Kolkata. He performed in Indian community functions in Boston ...

(born 1975), British-American actor and musician * Sandip Chakrabarti (born 1958), Indian astrophysicist * Sankar Chakraborti (born 1970), Indian business leader *

Shibram Chakraborty Shibram Chakraborty (1903–1980) was a popular Bengali writer and humorist who is best known for his humorous stories. His best known short stories and novels are renowned for their unique use of pun, alliteration, play of words and ironic humo ...

(1903–1980), Bengali writer, humorist and revolutionary *

Shibu Chakravarthy Shibu Chakravarthy is an Indian lyricist, screenwriter, and poster designer who works in Malayalam cinema. His ancestors were the rulers of Kurukkanmoola Dynasty, hence the name ''Chakravarthy'' (). His birthname was Shibu Rajav, later change ...

(born 1961), lyricist, screenplay and script writer who mainly works in Malayalam Cinema *

Shyam Sundar Chakravarthy Shyam Sundar Chakravarthy (alternately spelled as Shyam Sundar Chakravarty or Shyam Sundar Chakravarti, 12 July 1869 – 7 September 1932) was an Indian revolutionary, independence activist and journalist from Bengal. He was born in Bharenga, ...

(1869–1932), Bengali revolutionary, independence activist and journalist *

Snehasish Chakraborty Snehasish Chakraborty (born 16 February 1989) is an Indian football player. He most notably played for Prayag United in the I-League as a midfielder. Career Early career While living in Icchapur, he used to attend a coaching camp. In Shyam ...

(born 1989), Indian footballer *

Soham Chakraborty Soham Chakraborty (born 4 March 1984), is an Indian actor, producer, television personality and politician. He has appeared in more than 100 Bengali films, as child artist (Master Bittu) and as male lead. He earned numerous accolades, includin ...

, Actor * Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chuckerbutty (ca 1826–1874), one of the earliest Indians to practice modern medicine *

Sourav Chakraborty Sourav Chakraborty (born 27 June 1990, in Kolkata) is an Indian footballer who plays as a striker for Mohun Bagan in the I-League. Career Mohun Bagan Sourav started his footballing career with Techno Aryan F.C. as a youth player before join ...

(born 1992), Indian footballer * Souvik Chakraborty (born 1991), Indian footballer *

Subhas Chakraborty Subhas Chakraborty (18 March 1942 – 3 August 2009) was an Indian politician belonged to Communist Party of India (Marxist) who served as Minister of Transport, Sports and Youth Services in the Government of West Bengal. Early life Chakrabort ...

Indian politician, former minister of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Died in 2009. Member of Communist Party of India Marxist and also former transport minister of West Bengal * Sugato Chakravarty Indian marketing academic *

Sujan Chakraborty Sujan Chakraborty (born 16 March 1959) is an Indian Communist politician and member of Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was the MLA of Jadavpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) from 2016 to 2021. In the 2016 West Bengal Assembly elections, h ...

(born 1959), Indian politician * Sujit Chakravarty (born 1959), Indian football manager * Suma Chakrabarti (born 1959), British civil servant, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development * Sumon K Chakrabarti, Indian journalist *

Swadesh Chakraborty Swadesh Chakraborty (born 22 December 1943) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Howrah constituency of West Bengal and is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (M ...

(born 1943), Indian politician *

Swapan Kumar Chakravorty Swapan Kumar Chakravorty (Bengali: স্বপন কুমার চক্রবর্তী; 29 July 1954 – 25 September 2021) was an Indian academic who was a distinguished Professor of Humanities at the Presidency University, Kolkata. ...

(1954 - 2021) Director General of the National Library of India, Kolkata *

Trailokyanath Chakravarty Trailokyanath Chakraborty (2 August 1889 – 9 August 1970) was an Indian independence activist and politician. He led and worked with other renowned freedom fighters and led to freedom of India. He lived for 80 years, out of which he spent 3 ...

(1889–1970), Indian revolutionary * Tulsi Chakraborty (1899–1961), Indian comic actor *

Utpalendu Chakrabarty Utpalendu Chakrabarty (born 1948) is a Bengali Indian filmmaker and theater personality, based in Kolkata, India. Life and career He was born in Calcutta in 1948. He graduated from the Scottish Church College, of the University of Calcutta.'' ...

(born 1948), Indian film director *

Varun Chakravarthy Varun Vinod Chakravarthy (born 29 August 1991) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket and Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL) as a leg spin bowler. He made his international debut for the India ...

, Cricketer *

Vijay C Chakravarthy Vijay K. Chakravarthy is an Indian film cinematographer, known for his works predominantly in the Telugu cinema. He has worked for blockbusters like ''Bommarillu'', ''Parugu'', '' Mr. Perfect'', and ''Nannaku Prematho''. He was nominated for ...

Indian cinematographer *

Vinayak Chakravorty Vinayak Chakravorty (born 25 March) is an Indian film critic, columnist and film journalist based in Delhi-NCR. He has served as Entertainment Editor at the Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) news agency. He took up the position after a short stint ...

Indian film critic and film journalist *

Vinu Chakravarthy Vinu Chakravarthy (15 December 1945 – 27 April 2017) was an Indian actor, screenwriter and director who is known for acting in more than 1000 movies in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Badaga and Malayalam mostly as a comedian, supporting actor or i ...

(1945 - 2017) Tamil actor, script writer and director * Visvanatha Chakravarti (1626? - 1708?) Bengali guru

Female

Bijoya Chakravarty Bijoya Chakravarty (born 7 October 1939), is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party. She was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award the Padma Shri in 2021. Background Bijoya began her political career in the Janata Party. ...

(born 1939), Indian politician from Assam *

Dia Chakravarty Dia Sudeshna Chakravarty ( bn, দিয়া সুদেষ্ণা চক্রবর্তী; born 1984) is a Bangladeshi-born British political activist, former political director of the TaxPayers' Alliance, singer, and Brexit Editor o ...

(born 1984), Bangladeshi-born British political activist and singer *

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (born 24 February 1942) is an Indian scholar, literary theorist, and feminist critic. She is a University Professor at Columbia University and a founding member of the establishment's Institute for Comparative Lit ...

(born 1942), Indian literary critic * Ipsita Roy Chakraverti (born 1950), Indian Wiccan priestess * Kaushambhi Chakraborty, Indian actress *

Kaushiki Chakrabarty Kaushiki Chakraborty (born 24 October 1980) is an Indian classical vocalist and a composer She attended Sangeet Research Academy, and was one of the exponents of Patiala gharana. Her repertoire covers pure classical, ''Khyals, Dadras, Thumr ...

(born 1980), Indian classical vocalist *

Lolita Chakrabarti Lolita Chakrabarti (born 1 June 1969) is a British actress and writer. Early life Chakrabarti was born in Kingston upon Hull, England, to Bengali Hindu parents from India on 1 June 1969. She grew up in Birmingham, where her father worked as ...

(born 1969), British actor and writer * Meghna Chakrabarti, American radio personality *

Mimi Chakraborty Mimi Chakraborty (born 11 February 1989) is an Indian actress, singer and politician. She is known for her work in Bengali cinema and television. Her debut film was Bapi Bari Jaa in which she played the female lead, Dola. She was listed as ...

(born 1989), Bengali film actress, singer and a (nominal) Member of Parliament *

Reeta Chakrabarti Reeta Chakrabarti (born 12 December 1964) is a British journalist, newsreader and correspondent for BBC News. She is known for presenting ''BBC News at One'', ''BBC News at Six'', ''BBC News at Ten'' and ''BBC Weekend News'', and presenting regu ...

(born 1964), British television journalist *

Rhea Chakraborty Rhea Chakraborty (born 1 July 1992 is an Indian actress and VJ who primarily appears in Hindi films. She started her career as a VJ on MTV India. She made her acting debut with the 2012 Telugu film ''Tuneega Tuneega'' and later appeared in th ...

(born 1992), Indian video jockey and actress *

Ritabhari Chakraborty Ritabhari Chakraborty is an Indian Bengali film actress. She is a prominent name in the Indian television and film industry. Chakraborty earned commercial success in Bengali with the romantic Thriller '' Shesh Theke Shuru'' (2019) and '' Brahm ...

(born 1992), Indian Bengali film actor *

Rushmi Chakravarthi Rushmi Chakravarthi ( te, రుష్మి చక్రవర్తి; born 9 October 1977) is a former professional tennis player from India. She won a record 52 ITF titles, the highest number set by an Indian female player. She turned pro ...

(born 1977), Indian tennis player * Sambhabi Chakraborty (born in 2010) *

Shami Chakrabarti Sharmishta "Shami" Chakrabarti, Baroness Chakrabarti, (born 16 June 1969) is a British politician, barrister, and human rights activist. A member of the Labour Party, she served as the director of Liberty, a major advocacy group which promote ...

(born 1969), British member of the

House of Lords The House of Lords, also known as the House of Peers, is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Membership is by appointment, heredity or official function. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminst ...

, barrister and civil liberties campaigner * Sharmila Chakraborty (born 1961), Indian cricketer *

Sumona Chakravarti Sumona Chakravarti (born 24 June 1988) is an Indian film and television actress. She is well known for her roles in '' Bade Achhe Lagte Hain'', '' Comedy Nights With Kapil'' and '' The Kapil Sharma Show''. Career She began her acting career ...

, Bollywood actress and celebrity * Uthpala Chakraborty, Indian cricketer. * S. A. Chakraborty, (born 1985), American fantasy novelist

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